Secondary Work Groups and Events
2021/22 Work Groups
Support for transition into KS3
(Year 5 - 8 Continuity)
Summary
This Work Group will focus on collaboration between primary and secondary teachers to ensure that a positive attitude to maths is maintained and developed as pupils move across Years 5 to 8.
Dates
Next Meeting
TBC
Mathematical Thinking at GCSE
Summary
This Work Group aims to support teachers in developing their understanding of mathematical thinking as it relates to problem-solving and reasoning, using practical task types to explore what it means for pupils to get better at mathematical thinking and what this looks like in the classroom.
Dates
Tuesday 14th December (Online)
Tuesday 18th January (Online)
Wednesday 9th February (Online)
Tuesday 1st March (Online)
Wednesday 20th April (Online)
Thursday 12th May (Online)
(14:00 - 16:00)
Teaching for Mastery Developing
Summary
This Work Group will focus on supporting Mastery Advocates to develop their own practice using the 5 big ideas and begin to support departmental developments.
Dates
Next Meeting
TBC
Years 7 - 11 Coherence
Summary
This Work Group focuses on participant teachers working together to analyse, deconstruct and trace through the curriculum a selected key topic area, developing insight into effective teaching approaches, and considering the implications for longer term curriculum design.
Dates
Next Meeting
TBC
Secondary Subject Leadership
Summary
This Work Group offers focused support to secondary heads of department/subject leaders, to enable them to better understand and implement teaching for mastery approaches across their department, and to develop in their role as leaders of both pupil learning and teacher professional development.
Dates
Next Meeting
TBC
Strengthening Partnerships with ITT Providers
Summary
Now in its fourth year, this project provides opportunities to explore and share current mathematical developments and consider their implications for ITT providers and Maths Hubs in order to help trainees transition into teaching mathematics effectively.
Dates
Next Meeting
TBC
Specialist Knowledge
SKTM Secondary Programme
Early Careers Teachers
Summary
This project is designed to support secondary early career teachers (teachers in their first two years of teaching) in developing specialist knowledge for teaching mathematics, thus enabling them to understand, teach and support students in maths in the classroom.
Dates
Tuesday 16th November (Online)
Tuesday 1st February
Tuesday 15th March
Tuesday 10th May
Tuesday 28th June
TBC
Aquinas Training and Development Centre, Bromley
(13:30 - 16:00)
SKTM Secondary Programme
Non - Specialist Teachers (Cohort 1)
Summary
This project is designed to support non-specialist teachers teaching maths in a secondary school in developing specialist knowledge for teaching mathematics, thus enabling them to understand, teach and support pupils in maths in the classroom.
Dates
Monday 15th November (Online)
Monday 10th January (Online)
Monday 7th February (Online)
Monday 7th March (Online)
Monday 9th May (Online)
Monday 13th June (Online)
(09:30 - 15:30)
Events
KS3 Network Meeting
Summary
With everything that has been going on this past year we thought it would be great to get together as KS3 Maths Leads to share knowledge, swap ideas and discuss all things maths-related.
In these sessions, there will be opportunities to:
• Discuss a topical issue
• Update on NCETM latest resources
• Explore Maths Hub Support and Programmes
• Hear from a guest speaker
Dates
Next Meeting TBC
HoD Network Meeting
Summary
With everything that has been going on this past year we thought it would be great to get together as HoDs to share knowledge, swap ideas and discuss all things maths-related.
In these sessions, there will be opportunities to:
• Discuss a topical issue
• Update on NCETM latest resources
• Explore Maths Hub Support and Programmes
• Hear from a guest speaker
Dates
Next Meeting TBC